News/Updates.-

November 9, 2020:

-Changed the name of Astyanax festae to Eretmobrycon festae following Terán et al. (2020). Thanks to Enrique Laaz for the update.
-Added the following citation to the Bibliography page: Terán, G.E., M.F. Benitez, and J.M. Mirande. 2020. Opening the Trojan horse: phylogeny of Astyanax, two new genera and resurrection of Psalidodon (Teleostei: Characidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. zlaa019, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa019.

August 17, 2020:

-Added a species profile for Grundulus quitoensis, a high elevation characid in northern Ecuador. Thanks to Jonathan Valdiviezo-Rivera for sharing information on this species. A photo of this species taken by Javier-Maldonado-Ocampo was also uploaded. -Added the following citations to the Bibliography page:
-Herrera-Madrid, M., D. Vera, J. Valdiviezo-Rivera. 2020. Dieta de Grundulus quitoensis (Characiformes: Characidae) una especie endémica de la Reserva Biologica El Angel, Carchi, Ecuador. Caldasia 42(2):181-187.
-Roman–Valencia, C., R. Ruiz-C, and R. Barriga. 2005. Una nueva especie ecuatoriana del genero de peces andinos Grundulus (Characiformes: Characidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 53 (3-4):537-544.
-Valdiviezo-Rivera, J., E. Terneus, D. Vera, A. Urbina. 2016. Analisis de produccion gonadal del pez Grundulus quitoensis Roman-Valencia, Ruiz-C. y Barriga, 2005 (Characiformes: Characidae) en la laguna altoandina “El Voladero”, provincia El Carchi, Ecuador. Biota Colombiana 17(2):89-97.
-Aguirre, W., F. Anaguano-Yancha, R. Burgos-Morán, C. Carrillo-Moreno, L. Guarderas, I. Jácome-Negrete, P. Jiménez-Prado, E. Laaz, F. Nugra, W. Revelo, J. Rivadeneira, V. Utreras, J. Valdiviezo-Rivera. 2019b. Lista roja de los peces dulceacuícolas de Ecuador. Ministerio del Ambiente, DePaul University, Wildlife Conservation Society-Ecuador (WCS), Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Universidad Indoamérica, Instituto Quichua de Biotecnología Sacha Supai, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede en Esmeraldas, Instituto Nacional de Pesca, Universidad del Azuay, Instituto Nacional de Pesca, Universidad Central del Ecuador, Antonio Torres, Universidad de Guayaquil e Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad. Quito, Ecuador.

August 9, 2020:

-Added text to the species profiles of Hemieleotris latifasciata, Strongylura fluviatilis, Synbranchus marmoratus, and Poecilia reticulata.

August 8, 2020:

-Added Grundulus quitoensis to the Species List.

July 27, 2020:

-Added Microglanis berbixae to the Species List.
-Added the following paper to the Bibliography page: "Tobes, I., A. Falconi-Lopez, J. Valdiviezo-Rivera, and F. Provenzano-Rizzi. 2020. A new species of Microglanis (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae) from the Pacific slope of Ecuador. Neotropical Ichthyology 18(2): 190023. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2019-0023".

March 30, 2020:

-Updated the species profile for Rhamdia cinerascens.
-Added the following citations to the Bibliography page:
-Hernandez, C.L., A. Ortega-Lara, G.C. Sanchez-Garces, M.H. Alford. Genetic and morphometric evidence for the recognition of several recently synonymized species of Trans-Andean Rhamdia (Pisces: Siluriformes: Heptapteridae). Copeia 103(3):563-579.

March 16, 2020:

-Added the following citations to the Bibliography page:
-Chicaiza, D., and H. Flores. 2016. Parametros biologicos de Pseudocurimata boulengeri (Characiformes: Curimatidae) en el embalse Chongon, Ecuador. Revista de Biologia Tropical 64(1):131-146.

January 11, 2020:

-Added the following citations to the Bibliography page:
-Nugra Salazar, F. 2014. Caracterizacion de la ictiofauna dentro de la sub cuenca del rio Llaviuco. M.S. Thesis, Universidad Politecnica Salesiana, Cuenca, Ecuador. 134 pp.
-Nugra-Salazar, F., E. Segovia, M. Benítez, D. Reinoso. 2016. Guía metodológica para el biomonitoreo de macroinvertebrados e ictiofauna en la Cuenca del Río Napo, Ecuador. SENAGUA, OTCA. Cuenca, Ecuador. 79pp.
-Nugra, F., D. Abad, E. Zarate. 2018. Guia de Peces del alto Nangaritza. Universidad del Azuay. Cuenca, Ecuador, 152 pp.
-Nugra, F., F. Anaguano-Yancha, C. Arizaga, E. Zarate, J. Brito. 2018. Leucismo en el pez Lebiasina bimaculata (Characiformes: Lebiasinidae) en Guayas, Ecuador. Biota Colombiana 19(2): 133-139. DOI: 10.21068/c2018.v19n02a12.
-Valdiviezo Rivera, J., C. Carrillo Moreno, R. Madera Arends, M. Albarracin Rodas. 2012. Guia de peces de Limoncocha. Universidad Internacional SEK, Quito, Ecuador. 131 pp.
-Rincon, J., D. Merchan, D. Rojas, A. Sparer, E. Zarate. 2016. Los macroinvertebrados acuaticos de los rios del Parque Nacional Cajas. Universidad del Azuay, Cuenca.
-Marcillo Gallino, E., J. Landivar Zambrano. 2008. Tecnologia de produccion de alevines monosexo de tilapia. Facultad de Ingineria Maritima y Ciencias del Mar, ESPOL.
-Dodson, C.H., A.H. Gentry. 1991. Biological extinction in western Ecuador. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 78(2):273-295.
-Wolf, T. 1892. Geografia y geologia del Ecuador. Tipografía de F. A. Brockhaus. Leipzig, Germany.

December 27, 2019:

-Added the following citations to the Bibliography page:
-Anaguano-Yancha, F. 2018. Nuevos casos de leucismo en peces andinos del género Astroblepus (Siluriformes: Astroblepidae) Leucismo en peces andinos. ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías, 10(16):64-73.
-Junoy, J. 2016. Parasitism of the isopod Artystone trysibia in the fish Chaetostomadermorhynchum from the Tena River (Amazonian region, Ecuador). Acta Tropica 153:36-45.
-Landini, W., Carnevale, G., Sorbini, C. 2002. Biogeographical significance of northern extraprovincial fishes in the Pliocene of Ecuador. Geobios 35(Memoire special no 24):120-129.
-Lessmann, J., J. Fajardo, J. Munoz, E. Bonaccorso. 2016. Large expansion of oil industry in the Ecuadorian Amazon: biodiversity vulnerability and conservation alternatives. Ecology and Evolution 6(14):4997-5012. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2099.
-Mejia Burgos, L.I. 2015. Caracterizacion de la pesqueria de Oreochromis spp. desde el Estero La Delia hasta la camaronera Produmar, sobre el Rio Guayas - Provincia del Guayas, 2014. Masters thesis, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Guayaquil. 104 pp.
-Mena-Valenzuela, P, and J. Valdiviezo-Rivera. 2016. Leucismo en Astroblepus ubidiai (Pellegrin 1931) (Siluriformes: Astroblepidae), de la provincia de Imbabura, Ecuador. Biota Colombiana 17(1):131-136.
-Silva, E.A., and D.J. Stewart. 2017. Reproduction, feeding and migration patterns of Prochilodus nigricans (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) in northeastern Ecuador. Neotropical Ichthyology, 15(3): e160171. DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20160171.
-Velez-Espino, L.A. 2004. Taxonomic revision, ecology and endangerment categorization of the Andean catfish Astroblepus ubidiai (Teleostei: Astroblepidae). Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 13: 367–378, 2003.
-Velez-Espino, L.A. 2006. Distribution and habitat suitability index model for the Andean catfish Astroblepus ubidiai (Pisces: Siluriformes) in Ecuador. Revista de Biologia Tropical 54(2):623-638.
-Barriga, R. 2015. Capítulo 8.8. Peces de los afluentes de la costa del Ecuador: Composicion, biogeografia, aspectos ecologicos, uso y conservacion. Pp. 339-361. En: Lasso, C.A., J.F. Blanco-Libreros y P. Sánchez-Duarte (Editores). XII. Cuencas pericontinentales de Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela: tipología, biodiversidad, servicios ecosistémicos y sostenibilidad de los ríos, quebradas y arroyos costeros. Serie Editorial Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros Continentales de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH). Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
-Jimenez Prado, P., E. Rebolledo Monsalve. 2015. Capítulo 8.9. La Cuenca del Rio Santiago-Cayapas, provincia de Esmeraldas, noroccidente del Ecuador: importancia en las comunidades locales y relacion con las actividades industriales. Pp. 362-377. En: Lasso, C.A., J.F. Blanco-Libreros y P. Sánchez-Duarte (Editores). XII. Cuencas pericontinentales de Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela: tipología, biodiversidad, servicios ecosistémicos y sostenibilidad de los ríos, quebradas y arroyos costeros. Serie Editorial Recursos Hidrobiológicos y Pesqueros Continentales de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH). Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.

December 23, 2019:

-Updated the species profile for Landonia latidens to include the recent range expansion to Peru reported by Meza-Vargas et al. (2019).
-Added the following citations to the Bibliography page:
-Meza-Vargas, V., Faustino-Fuster, D., Marchena, J., Ortega, H. 2019. Geographic distribution extension of Landonia latidens Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 (Characidae, Stevardiinae) in coastal drainages of Peru. Check List 15 (5): 851–855. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.5.851
-Aguirre, W.E., A. Young, R. Navarrete Amaya, J. Valdiviezo Rivera, P. Jiménez Prado, R. Cucalón Tamayo, T. Borders, F. Nugra Salazar, P. Calle Delgado, and V. Shervette. 2019. Vertebral number covaries with body form and elevation along the Western Slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes in the Neotropical fish genus Rhoadsia (Teleostei: Characidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126:706–720.
-Alvarez Mieles, G. 2019. Ecological modelling of river-wetland systems. A Case Study for the Abras de Mantequilla Wetland in Ecuador. Doctorate Dissertation Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands. 354 pp.
-Alvarez Mieles, G., Irvine, K., Griensven, A.V., Arias-Hidalgo, M., Torres, A., Mynett, A.E. 2013. Relationships between aquatic biotic communities and water quality in a tropical river–wetland system (Ecuador). Environmental Science & Policy 34:115–127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2013.01.011
-Alvarez Mieles, G., Corzo, G., Irvine, K., Mynett, A.E. 2015. Spatial and temporal variations of Characidae habitat, case study in Abras de Mantequilla wetland, Ecuador. E-proceedings of the 36th IAHR World Congress, 28 June – 3 July, 2015, The Hague, the Netherlands. Pages 1-12.
-Prado Espana, M. 2012. Relaciones troficas en el sistema hidrico de la provincia de Los Rios. M.S. Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad de Guayaquil, 87 pp.
-Ochoa Ubilla, B.Y., Mendoza Nieto, K.X., Vivas Moreira, R., Urdánigo Zambrano, J., Ferrer-Sánchez, Y. 2016. Estructura de tallas de captura y relación longitud-peso de peces nativos en el humedal Abras de Mantequilla, Ecuador. Cienc. Tecn. UTEQ 9(2):19-27.

December 12, 2019:

-Added a species profile for Pseudochalceus longianalis.
-Added the following citation to the Bibliography page: Lima, F.C.T., Malabarba, L.R., Buckup, P.A., Pezzi da Silva, J.F., Vari, R.P., Harold, A., Benine, R., Oyakawa, O.T., Pavanelli, C.S., Menezes, N.A., Lucena, C.A.S., Malabarba, M.C.S.L., Lucena, Z.M.S., Reis, R.E., Langeani, F., Cassati, L., Bertaco, V.A., Moreira, C., and Lucinda, P.H.F. 2003. Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae. Pages 106-168 in Reis, R.E., S.E. Kullander, C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. Edipucrs. Porto Alegre, Brasil. 729 pp.

December 15, 2018:

-Added the following paper to the Bibliography page: Provenzano R., F., and R. Barriga S. 2018. Species of Ancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from Ecuador, with the description of a new species from the Amazon River Basin. Zootaxa 4527(2):211-238.

August 20, 2018:

-Added new pictures for Ancistrus clementinae, Andinoacara rivulatus, Brycon alburnus, Brycon atrocaudatus, Awaous transandeanus, Synbranchus marmoratus, Poecilia reticulata, Gobiomorus maculatus, Roeboides occidentalis, and Pseudochalceus longianalis. Thanks to Fredy Nugra for contributing the photos!

May 31, 2018:

-Split Gobiiformes and Cichliformes from Perciformes on the species list. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for the recommendation.

April 25, 2018:

-Updated the species profile and changed the picture for Phenacobrycon henni.

January 10, 2018:

-Added the following citation to the Bibliography page: "Valdiviezo-Rivera, J., Carrillo-Moreno, C., Gea-Izquierdo, E. 2017. Annotated list of freshwater fishes of the Limoncocha Lagoon, Napo river basin, northern Amazon region of Ecuador. Check List 14 (1): 55–75. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.1.55."

November 9, 2017:

-Added Hemiancistrus furtivus Provenzano and Barriga, 2017 to the species list, and added "Provenzano R., F., and R. Barriga S. The species of Hemiancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Ecuador. Zootaxa 4272(2): 221–235.", to the Bibliography page. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for sending the PDF.

October 1, 2017:

-Added the following references to the Bibliography page:
-Anaguano-Yancha, F. 2017. Peces de la Laguna Cormorán, Parque Nacional Sangay, Ecuador. ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías, 9(15). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18272/aci.v9i15.294.
-Rodriguez, J.M., E. Angon, M.A. Gonzalez, J. Perea, C. Barba, and A. García. 2017. Allometric relationship and growth models of juveniles of Cichlasoma festae (Perciforme: Cichlidae), a freshwater species native in Ecuador. Revista de Biologia Tropical 65(3):1185-1193.
-Vimos, D.J., A.C. Encalada, B. Rios-Touma, E. Suarez, and N. Prat. 2015. Effects of exotic trout on benthic communities in high-Andean tropical streams. Freshwater Science 34(2):770-783. DOI: 10.1086/681540.

September 7, 2017:

-Added picture of Pseudochalceus lineatus with live colors to species profile.

August 26, 2017:

-Updated species profile for Oreochromis spp. (Tilapia).
-Added the following reference to the bibliography page: "Jimenez, R. 2007. Enfermedades de tilapia en cultivo. Edicion de la Universidad de Guayaquil, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales. 108pp."

August 19, 2017:

-Updated species profile for Ichthyoelephas humeralis.
-Added the following reference to the Bibliography page: "Castro, R.M.C. and R.P. Vari. 2003. Family Prochilodontidae (Flannel mouth characiforms). In Reis, R.E., S.O. Kullander, and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.), Check list of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. Edipucrs. Porto Alegre, Brasil."
-Updated the Area page.

August 14, 2017:

-Updated species profile for Astyanax ruberrimus.

August 5, 2017:

-Added: "Malato, G., V.R. Shervette, R. Navarrete Amaya, J. Valdiviezo Rivera, F. Nugra Salazar, P. Calle Delgado, K.C. Karpan, and W.E. Aguirre. 2017. Parallel body shape divergence in the Neotropical fish genus Rhoadsia (Teleostei: Characidae) along elevational gradients of the Western Slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. PLoS One 12(6):e0179432.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added species profile for Cyprinus carpio.

August 4, 2017:

-Updated pictures for Microglanis variegatus and Cyprinus carpio.

August 3, 2017:

-Updated pictures for Lebiasina aureoguttata, Leporinus ecuadoriensis, Agonostomus monticola, and Mesoheros festae.

April 22, 2017:

-Added the following paper to the Bibliography page: Ovchynnyk, M.M. 1968. Annotated list of the freshwater fish of Ecuador. Zoologischer Anzeiger 181:237-268.

April 16, 2017:

-Posted new pictures of Rhoadsia minor on the profile of this species. Pictures include holotype and specimen with live colors from the upper Esmeraldas drainage. Typo in species description reference also corrected.

April 3, 2017:

-Updated Sicydium rosenbergii page to include a range expansion reported by Aguirre et al. (2017).
-Replaced Brachyhypopomus occidentalis page for B. palenque based on Crampton et al. (2016) and added this paper to the Bibliography page.
-Removed old pictures from Ancistrus clementinae and Transancistrus santarosensis pages.

March 13, 2017:

-Updated genus name for Sturisoma to Sturisomatichthys following Eschmeyer et al. (2017).
-Added species profile for Sturisomatichthys frenatus.
-Added: "Li, C., Z. Sun, S. Feng, J. Jiang, H. Wu, X. Bai, and X. Liu. 2016. The complete mitochondrial genome of Andinoacara rivulatus. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27:3925-3926. DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.987268.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added: "Covain, R., S. Fisch-Muller, C. Oliveira, J. H. Mol, J. I. Montoya-Burgos, and S. Dray. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the highly diversified catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) reveals incongruences with morphological classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94 (Pt. B): 492-517.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added: Aguirre, W.E., R. Navarrete Amaya, G.C. Sanchez-Garces, F. Nugra Salazar, and J. Valdiviezo Rivera. 2017. Range expansion of the genus Sicydium (Teleostei: Gobiidae) to coastal mountain streams of southwestern Ecuador and possibly northwestern Peru. Checklist 13(1):2049, doi: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2049.

December 13, 2016:

-Added pictures for Astyanax ruberrimus, Hemieleotris latifasciata, Oreochromis niloticus, Saccodon terminalis, Strongylura fluviatilis, and Trichomycterus banneaui.

December 8, 2016:

-Updated the species profile for Saccodon terminalis.
-Added the following references to the Bibliography web page:
-Pavanelli, C.S., and W.C. Starnes. 2015. Revision of the trans-Andean scrapetooths genus Saccodon (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Parodontidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 26(3):193-207.
-Aguirre, W.E., R. Navarrete, G. Malato, P. Calle, M.K. Loh, W.F. Vital, G. Valadez, V. Vu, V.R. Shervette, and J.C. Granda. 2016. Body Shape variation and population genetic structure of Rhoadsia altipinna (Characidae: Rhoadsiinae) in Southwestern Ecuador. Copeia 104:554–569.

December 2, 2016:

-Added pictures for Sicydium rosenbergii. Thanks to James Maclaine and Kevin Webb of the British Museum of Natural History for providing the pictures.

November 28, 2016:

-Created species profile for Oncorhynchus mykiss. Thanks to Fredy Nugra for contributing the photograph.
-Updated species profiles for Gasteropelecus maculatus and Roeboides occidentalis.

November 24, 2016:

-Created species profile for Chaetostoma bifurcum. Thanks to Nathan Lujan for providing pictures for this species.
-Updated the species profiles for Chaetostoma marginatum and Rineloricaria jubata.
-Following Lujan et al. (2015c), Chaetostoma fischeri and C. microps were removed from the species list.

November 21, 2016:

-Updated species profiles for Pseudocurimata lineopunctata and P. peruana.

April 16, 2016:

-Changed the name of Chaetostoma aequinoctiale to Transancistrus aequinoctialis to reflect recent advances on loricariid taxonomy (Lujan et al., 2015b). Also added Chaetostoma bifurcum to the species list. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for pointing to these changes.
-Changed the genus designation of B. brevirostris and B. dahli to Eretmobrycon following Thomaz et al. (2015). Also added Eretmobrycon ecuadorensis (formerly Bryconamericus ecuadorensis) to the species list. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for pointing to these changes.
-Added the following references to the Bibliography page:
-Lujan, N.K., K.A. Roach, D. Jacobsen, K.O. Winemiller, V. Meza Vargas, V. Rimarachin Ching, and J. Arana Maestre. 2013. Aquatic community structure across an Andes-to-Amazon fluvial gradient. Journal of Biogeography 40:1715-1728.
-Lujan, N.K., J.W. Armbruster, N. Lovejoy, and H. Lopez-Fernandez. 2015a. Multilocus molecular phylogeny of the suckermouth armored catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a focus on subfamily Hypostominae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 82(part A):269-288.
-Lujan, N.K., V. Meza-Vargas, and R. Barriga-Salazar. 2015b. Two New Chaetostoma Group (Loricariidae: Hypostominae) Sister Genera from Opposite Sides of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, with the Description of One New Species. Copeia 103(2015):651–663.
-Lujan, N.K., V. Meza-Vargas, V. Astudillo-Clavijo, R. Barriga-Salazar, and H. Lopez-Fernandez. 2015c. A Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny for Chaetostoma Clade Genera and Species with a Review of Chaetostoma (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from the Central Andes. Copeia 103(2015):664–701.
-Thomaz, A.T., D. Arcila, G. Orti, and L.R. Malabarba. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015) 15:146. DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4.

April 11, 2016:

-Added British National History Museum and Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris collection pages to the Links page. Also updated the URL for the American Museum of Natural History collection page.

April 4, 2016:

-Updated species profile for Sicydium hildebrandi and replaced profile picture with that of the type specimens from the Field Museum of Natural History.
-Updated the range of Iotabrycon praecox to include data on recent collections in the Santa Rosa and Esmeraldas river drainages.
-Created species profile for Andinoacara blombergi.

March 28, 2016:

-Added the species profile for Sicydium rosenbergii.
-Added: "Boulenger, G.A. 1899. Description of a new genus of gobioid fishes from the Andes of Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 4 (no. 20) (art. 12): 125-126.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added: "Keith, P., C. Lord, J. Lorion, S. Watanabe, K. Tsukamoto, A. Couloux, and A. Dettai. 2011. Phylogeny and biogeography of Sicydiinae (Teleostei: Gobiidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Marine Biology 158:311-326.", to the Biobliography page.

February 6, 2016:

-Added the following references to the Bibliography web page:
-Aguirre, W.E., R. Navarrete, P. Calle, and G.C. Sanchez-Garces. 2014. First Record of Iotabrycon praecox Roberts 1973 (Characidae) in the Santa Rosa River, southwestern Ecuador. Checklist 10:382-385.
-De la Barra, E., J. Zubieta, G. Aguilera, M. Maldonado, M. Pouilly, and T. Oberdorff. 2016. Que factores determinan la distribucion altitudinal de los peces de rios tropicales andinos? Revista de Biologia Tropical 64(1):173-192.
-Ray, C.K., and J.W. Armbruster. 2016. The genera Isorineloricaria and Aphanotorulus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4072(5):501-539.
-Loh, M., W. Vital, V. Vu, R. Navarrete, P. Calle, V.R. Shervette, A. Torres, and W.E. Aguirre. 2014. Isolation of sixteen microsatellite loci for Rhoadsia altipinna (Characiformes: Characidae) from an impacted river basin in western Ecuador. Conservation Genetics Resources 6:229-231.
-Roman-Palacios, C., and C. Roman-Valencia. 2015. Habitos troficos de dos especies sintopicas de caracidos en una quebrada de alta montana en los Andes colombianos. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86(3):782-788.
-Roman–Valencia, C., R.I. Ruiz–C., D.C. Taphorn B., P. Jiménez–Prado, and C.A. García–Alzate. 2015. A new species of Bryconamericus (Characiformes, Stevardiinae, Characidae) from the Pacific coast of northwestern Ecuador, South America. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 38(2):241–252.

February 2, 2016:

-Added a section on videos to the Links page. The first video link uploaded is a short documentary on the fishermen of the Rio Daule on Youtube. Thanks to Ronald Navarrete for the suggestion.
-Modified the species profile of Andinoacara rivulatus to include new information on its introduction to the Zamora River basin in the Amazonian region of Ecuador. Musilova et al. (2015) is cited for this record. Thanks to Fredy Nugra for bringing the range expansion to my attention.
-Added: "Musilova, Z., O. Rican, S. Ricanova, P. Jansta, O. Gahura, and J Novak. 2015. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of trans-Andean cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Vertebrate Zoology 65(3):333-350.", to the Bibliography web page.

January 13, 2016:

-Changed Cordylancistrus santarosensis to Transancistrus santarosensis, Hemiancistrus annectens to Hypostomus annectens, and Cichlasoma festae and Cichlasoma ornatum to Mesoheros festae and Mesoheros ornatus. Also eliminated Hemiancistrus hammarlundi, which is now considered a synonym of Hemiancistrus landoni. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for the updates.

January 9, 2016:

-Updated species list to correspond with the book on fishes of western Ecuador published by Jimenez et al (2015).

November 1, 2014:

-Added picture of Pseudocurimata peruana to web page. Thanks to the Field Museum of Natural History for allowing me to photograph one of their specimens.
-Added Centropomus viridis to the species list. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for pointing out the missing species.

October 17, 2014:

-Added picture for Achirus scutum. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for the contribution.

August 18, 2014:

-Updated pictures for Astyanax festae, Brachyhypopomus occidentalis, Hoplias microlepis, Pseudochalceus lineatus and Lebiasina astrigata.

August 7, 2014:

-Updated pictures for Windsor Aguirre and Virginia Shervette on People page.

March 29, 2014:

-Corrected maximum size for Astyanax festae.
-Updated profile for Saccodon terminalis.
-Corrected link to Vertnet.
-Added fishbase link and added author to Saccodon wagneri page.

March 1, 2014:

-Added pictures of Phenacobrycon henni and Poecilia sp. Updated picture of Landonia latidens. Also added these pictures to guide to genera. Thanks to the Field Museum for allowing me to take pictures of their specimens.

January 6, 2014:

-Updated the Genera page to include new pictures, replace old pictures with improved pictures, and update the classification scheme for the Poeciliids and the genus Brycon.

January 4, 2014:

-Replaced pictures of Dormtator latifrons and Rhamdia quelen.

January 3, 2014:

-Transferred the Poeciliidae from the Order Atheriniformes to the Order Cyprinodontiformes to conform with modern fish classification.
-Transferred the genus Brycon to the family Bryconidae to conform with modern fish classification (it was listed in the Characidae previously).
-Added the genera Gambusia and Poecilia to the species list.

December 30, 2013:

-Added links to VertNet and the Museum of Comparative Zoology under Ichthyological Collections on the Links page.

November 18, 2013:

-Added pictures for Saccodon terminalis, Rineloricaria jubata, and Synbranchus marmoratus. Thanks to Antonio Torres, Enrique Laaz, and Gian Carlo Sanchez for the contributions.
-Added picture contrasting Pseudocurimata boulengeri and P. troschelii to individual species profiles.
-Added picture contrasting Brycon alburnus, Brycon atrocaudatus, and Brycon dentex to individual species profiles.

September 23, 2013:

-Added pictures for Sturisoma frenatum and Gasteropelecus maculatus. Thanks to Pedro Jimenez Prado for the photo contributions.
-Updated species profile for Iotabrycon praecox (maximum size, subfamily classification, added note identifying male and female in picture).
-Added:"Aguirre, W.E., V.R. Shervette, R. Navarrete, P. Calle, and S. Agorastos. 2013. Morphological and genetic divergence of Hoplias microlepis (Characiformes, Erythrinidae) in western Ecuador. Copeia 2013:312-323.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added:"Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., J.S. Usma Oviedo, F.A. Villa-Navarro, A. Ortega-Lara, S. Prada-Pedreros, L.F. Jimenez S., U. Jaramillo-Villa, A. Arango, T.S. Rivas, and G.C. Sanchez Garces. 2012. Peces dulceaquicolas del Choco biogeografico de Colombia. WWF Colombia, 400 p.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added: "Mirande, J.M. 2009. Weighted parsimony phylogeny of the family Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Cladistics 25: 574-613.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added:"Oliveira, C., G.S. Avelino, K.T. Abe, T.C. Mariguela, R.C. Benine, G. Ortí, R.P. Vari, and R.M. Correa e Castro. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:275.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added: "Revelo, W., and E. Laaz. 2012. Catalogo de peces de aguas continentales provincia de Los Rios Ecuador. Instituto Nacional de Pesca Boletin Especial 3(5):1-57.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added: "Román–Valencia,, C., R.I. Ruiz–C., D.C. Taphorn B. and C. García–A. 2013. Three new species of Bryconamericus (Characiformes, Characidae), with keys for species from Ecuador and a discussion on the validity of the genus Knodus. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 36(1):123-139.", to the Bibliography page. Thanks to Enrique Laaz and Gian Carlo Sanchez for sending the paper.
-Added: "Weitzman, S.H. and S.V. Fink. 1985. Xenurobryconin Phylogeny and Putative Pheromone Pumps in Glandulocaudine Fishes (Teleostei: Characidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 421(1): 1-121.", to the Bibliography page
-Added: "Vu, V., J. Christman, P. Calle, and W.E. Aguirre. 2013. Isolation of microsatellite loci for the predatory fish Hoplias microlepis (Characiformes: Erythrinidae) from a highly impacted river system in western Ecuador. Conservation Genetics Resources 5:437-439.", to the Bibliography page.

July 7, 2013:

-Modified pictures for Pseudophallus starksii. Thanks to Fredy Nugra for photo contributions.
-Added specimen picture locality data for Pseudophallus starksii, Cichlasoma festae, and Andinoacara rivulatus to species profiles.
-Restructured the Bibliography web page. Removed reference types. The main references are now available in a single section.
-Added: "Barriga, R. 2011. Lista de peces de agua dulce e intermareales del Ecuador. Revista Politecnica 30(3):83-119, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.", to the Bibliography web page.
-Added: "Wijkmark, N., S.O. Kullander, and R. Barriga Salazar. 2012. Andinoacara blombergi, a new species from the rio Esmeraldas basin in Ecuador and a review of A. rivulatus (Teleostei: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters 23:117-137.", to the Bibliography web page.

July 5, 2013:

-Added species profile for Roeboides occidentalis. Thanks to Pedro Jimenez for contributing the pictures.

June 27, 2013:

-Added Fredy Nugra of the Universidad del Azuay to the collaborators web page.
-Updated picture for Andinoacara rivulatus, Cichlasoma festae, Lebiasina bimaculata, Pseudophallus starksii, and Awaous transandeanus. Thanks to Fredy Nugra and Nathan Lujan for the contributions.

February 8, 2013:

-Replaced picture for Agonostomus monticola.

November 13, 2012:

-Added link to online Google book version of "Checklist of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America", to the Links and Bibliography pages.

October 26, 2012:

-Updated the species and genus pictures for Astroblepus sp.

October 9, 2012:

-Added species profile for Cichlasoma ornatum.
-Added Sicydium hildebrandi to the species list page and to the photographic guide to genera, and created its species profile. Thanks to Nathan Lujan for providing the picture used.

October 7, 2012:

-Added picture for Rhoadsia minor. Thanks to Nathan Lujan for the picture.
-Added picture for Awaos transandeanus. Thanks to Nathan Lujan for the picture.
-Added picture for Pseudocurimata boehlkei. Thanks to Nathan Lujan for the picture.
-Added picture for Ancistrus clementinae. Thanks to Nathan Lujan for the picture.
-Added picture for Cordylancistrus santarosensis. Thanks to Nathan Lujan for the picture.
-Added picture for Hoplias malabaricus.

July 16, 2012:

-Added species profile for Pseudocurimata boehlkei.
-Eliminated Joturus daguae from the species list. It is a synonym of Agonostomus monticola according to Eschmeyer & Fricke (2012). Thanks to Enrique Laaz for pointing this out.
-Albert, J.S., N.R. Lovejoy, W.G.R. Crampton. 2006. Miocene tectonism and the separation of cis- and trans-Andean river basins: evidence from neotropical fishes. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 21:14-27.

June 24, 2012:

-Added species profile for Paracetopsis atahualpa. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for the contribution.
-Added species profile for Paracetopsis esmeraldas.
-Added species profile for Cordylancistrus santarosensis.
-Eliminated Profundulus punctatus from species list and guide to genera. This species was listed by Barriga (1991) for western Ecuador but it appears to be restricted to Central America. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for pointing this out.
-Changed Roeboides hildebrandi to Roeboides occidentalis on the species list in recognition of its status as a synonym following Eschmeyer and Fricke (2012). Thanks to Enrique Laaz for pointing this out.

June 22, 2012:

-Added species profile for Pomadasys bayanus and added it to the species list and the guide to genera. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for the contribution.
-Added "Tan, M. and J.W. Armbruster. 2012. Cordylancistrus santarosensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species with unique snout deplatation from the Río Santa Rosa, Ecuador. Zootaxa 3243: 52–58.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added "McKay, R.J., and M. Schneider. 1995. Haemulidae. Pages 1136-1173 in Fischer, W., F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter, and V.H. Niem. Guia FAO para la identificacion de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico centro-oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados - Parte 1.", to the Bibliography page.
-Updated the range data for Rineloricaria jubata to include southwestern Ecuador based on Glodek (1978) and collections made by Ronald Navarrete. Thanks to Ronald Navarrete for pointing this out.
-Updated distribution of Rhoadsia altipinna to include northwestern Peru based on Ortega et al. (2011). Thanks to Ronald Navarrete for pointing this out.
-Updated distribution of Ichthyoelephas humeralis to include northwestern Peru based on Ortega et al. (2011). Thanks to Ronald Navarrete for pointing this out.

June 16, 2012:

-Updated range information for Astyanax festae. This species appears to occur in Colmbia and northern Peru as well as drainages of northwestern Ecuador.
-Updated range information for Landonia latidens. Ortega and colleagues reported collecting specimens in northwestern Peru suggesting that this species is not endemic to the Guayas River drainage. Thanks to Ronald Navarrete for providing this information.
-Updated range information for Hoplias microlepis. This species has been reported from northwestern Peru, specifically the Tumbes region.
-Added: "Luque Sanchez, C. 2008. Estudio de la diversidad hidrobiologica en Tumbes. Instituto del Mar de Peru- IMPARME. Sede regional de Tumbes. Informe 2007.", to the Bibliography web page.
-Added: "Chirichigno, N. 1963. Estudio de la fauna ictiologica de los esteros y parte baja de los rios del Departamento de Tumbes (Peru). Serie de Divulgacion Cientifica, Servicio de Pesqueria, Peru 22:1-87.", to the Bibliography web page.

June 15, 2012:

-Added a second picture of Eleotris picta to its species profile. Thanks to Ronald Navarrete for the picture.
-Removed Hemibrycon from species and genera lists. Roman et al. (2007) indicated that this species occurs only east of the Andes in Ecuador. Thanks to Ronald Navarrete for pointing this out.
-Added: "Roman–Valencia, C., R.I. Ruiz–C., and R. Barriga. 2007. Redescripcion de Hemibrycon orcesi Bohlke, 1958 y H. polyodon (Gunther, 1864) (Teleostei, Characidae), incluye clave para las especies de Hemibrycon en Ecuador. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 30.2:179-188.", to the Bibliography page.
-Added: "Roman–Valencia, C. 2002. Revision sistematica del genero Bryconamericus (Teleostei: Characidae) de Centroamerica. Revista de Biologia Tropical 50(1):173-192.", to the Bibliography web page.

March 31, 2012:

-Added picture of Brycon dentex to species profile. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for the picture.
-Replaced picture of Agonostomus monticola. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for the new picture.
-Added species profile for Agonostomus monticola. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Pseudophallus starskii. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.

March 10, 2012:

-Added species profile for Gymnotus esmeraldas.
-Added species profile for Saccodon wagneri.
-Updated Cynoscion albus page.
-Added "Maldonado-Ocampo, J.A., R.P. Vari, and J.S. Usma. 2008. Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9(2):143-237", to the Bibliography page.

March 9, 2012:

-Removed Brycon coxeyi from species list. The type of this species is from eastern Ecuador (Fowler, 1943). Thus it is unlikely that it also occurs in western Ecuador.
-Added species profile for Brycon oligolepis.
-Modified the Brycon alburnus species profile to include more detail on how species in the genus from western Ecuador can be distinguished.
-Modified the Brycon dentex species profile to include more detail on how species in the genus from western Ecuador can be distinguished.
-Modified the Brycon atrocaudatus species profile.
-Added: "Fowler, H.W. 1943. Two new characins from eastern Ecuador. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia) No. 119: 1-5.", to the Bibliography web page.

February 28, 2012:

-Added picture of Pseudocurimata lineopunctata to the species profile page.
-Added picture of Brycon atrocaudatus to the species profile page.
-Added picture of Brycon alburnus to the species profile page.
-Added pictures of Synbranchus to the Genera page and Synbranchus marmoratus to the species profile page.
-Added pictures of Sternopygus to the Genera page and Sternopygus arenatus to the species profile page.
*Thanks to the Field Museum for allowing access to the specimens used in the photographs indicated above.

February 27, 2012:

-Added picture of Rineloricaria sp. to the Genera page.
-Added pictures of Trichomycterus to the Genera page and Trichomycterus taenia to the species profile page.
-Added pictures of Pseudophallus to the Genera page and Pseudophallus starskii to the species profile page.
-Added pictures of Agonostomus to the Genera page and Agonostomus monticola to the species profile page.
-Added pictures of Dormitator to the Genera page and Dormitator latifrons to the species profile page.
-Added a picture of Roeboides to the Genera page.
*Thanks to the Field Museum for allowing access to the specimens used in the photographs indicated above.

February 19, 2012:

-Added species profile for Pseudopoecilia festae.
-Added species profile for Pseudopoecilia fria.
-Added species profile for Pseudochalceus lineatus.
-Added Pseudochalceus longianalis to the Species List.
-Added "Géry, J. 1972. Remarques sur quelques poissons characoïdes de la Colombie et de l'Equateur, avec la description d'une nouvelle espèce de Pseudochalceus. Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 79 (pt 2, no. 31): 931-945.", to the Bibliography web page
-Added "Orces V.G. 1967. Sobre algunos peces colectados en el sistema del rio Santiago, Ecuador occidental. Politécnica 1 (no. 1):137-143.", to the Bibliography web page

February 10, 2012:

-Added species profile for Achirus klunzingeri. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Achirus mazatlanus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Centropomus unionensis. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Cynoscion albus.
-Added "Rubio, E. 1988. Peces de importancia económica comercial para el pacifico colombiano. Universidad del Valle, Departamento de Biología, Cali-Colombia, 500 pp.", to the Biobliography page.
-Added "Steindachner, F., 1869., Eine Abhandlung über einige neue Fischarten aus den Sammlungen des Wiener-Museums., Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 6:149-150", to the Bibliography page.
-Added "Aguirre, W.E., and V.R. Shervette. 2005. Morphological diversity of the Cynoscion group (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador: a comparative approach. Environmental Biology of Fishes 73:403-413", to the Bibliography page.
-Added "Vergara-Chen, C., W.E. Aguirre, M. Gonzalez-Wanguemert, E. Bermingham. 2009. A mitocondrial DNA-based phylogeny of weakfish species of the Cynoscion-group (Pisces: Sciaenidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53:602-607", to the Bibliography page.

February 2, 2012:

-Added species profile for Chaetostoma marginatum. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Ancistrus clementinae. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Achirus scutum. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added "Sabaj, M.H., J.W. Armbruster, and L.M. Page. 1999. Spawning in Ancistrus with comments on the evolution of snout tentacles as a novel reproductive strategy: larval mimicry. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 10:217-229.", to the bibliography web page.
-Added "Armbruster, J.W. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships of the sucker-mouth armored catfishes (Loricariidae) with particular emphasis on the Ancistrinae, Hypostominae, and Neoplecostominae. Unpubl. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 409 pp.", to the bibliography web page.
-Added "Fischer, W.; Krupp, F.; Schneider, W.; Sommer, C.; Carpenter, K.E.; Niem, V.H. 1995. Guia FAO para la identificacion de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico centro-oriental. Volumen II. Vertebrados-Parte 1. Roma , FAO, 647-1200 p.", to the bibliography web page.
-Added "Massay, S., and J. Massay. 1999. Lista sistematica de peces marinos y estuarinos en Ecuador. Boletin Cientifico Tecnico XVII. No 9. Instituto Nacional de Pesca.", to the bibliography web page.

January 20, 2012:

-Added species profile for Bryconamericus brevirostris. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Bryconamericus scleroparius. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Bryconamericus peruanus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Hyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Phenacobrycon henni. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added "Roman-Valencia, C., M.D. Garcia, and H. Ortega. 2011. Revision taxonomica y geografica de Bryconamericus peruanus (teleostei, Characidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 82:844-853.", to the bibliography web page.

January 17, 2012:

-Moved the photographic guide to genera to the "Fishes" page
-Added "Albert, J.S., and R.E. Reis. 2011. Historical biogeography of neotropical freshwater fishes", to the Bibliography page.
-Added "Isbrücker I. J. H. 1981. Revision of Loricaria Linnaeus 1758. Beufortia 31(3):51-96.", to the Bibliography page.

Saturday December 31, 2011:

-The new landing page for the website was uploaded.

Friday July 1, 2011:

-Added species profile for Hemiancistrus hammarlundi. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Hemiancistrus annectens. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Hemiancistrus landoni. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Chaetostoma aequinoctiale. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.

Thursday, May 7, 2011:

-Added species profile for Landonia latidens.
-Added species profile for Lebiasina astrigata. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Sternopygus arenatus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added "Albert J. S. 2001. Species diversity and phylogenetic systematics of American knifefishes (Gymnotiformes, Teleostei). Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. University of Michigan, 190: 1-127.", to the Bibliography page. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for suggesting the addition.
-Added "Crampton W. G., K. G. Hulen, and J. S. Albert. 2004. A New Species of Neotropical Electric Fish (Gymnotiformes: Sternopygidae) from the Lowland Amazon Basin, with Descriptions of Osteology, Ecology, and Electric Organ Discharges. Copeia 2004(2):245–259.", to the Bibliography page. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for suggesting the addition.
-Added "Hulen K.G., W.G. Crampton, and J.S. Albert. 2004. Phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography of the Neotropical electric fish Sternopygus (Teleostei: Gymnotiformes). Systematics and Biodiversity 3 (4): 407–432.", to the Bibliography page. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for suggesting the addition.

Thursday, May 5, 2011:

-Restructured web page. The "Area" and "Drainages" pages were condensed into a single page.
-Information on the origin/evolution and the composition of the fauna was added to the main page.
-The "Species List" and "Photographic Guide to Genera" pages were separated to their own pages.

Sunday, May 1, 2011:

-Added picture of wild-type Oreochromis sp. to species profile.
-Added Paracetopsis esmeraldas and Paracteopsis atahualpa to the species list. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for the suggestion.
-Added species profile for Lebiasina aureoguttata. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added Chaetostoma fischeri to species list and added species profile. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.

Sunday, April 24, 2011:

-Added photographic guide of genera to Fish page.

Thursday, April 21, 2011:

-Added picture for Brycon dentex to its species profile.
-Added "Universidad Agraria del Ecuador. 2010. Calidad del agua del Rio Daule, Ecuador. Periodo: septiembre del 2009 a octubre del 2010. Informe Tecnico no publicado.", to the bibliography page.
-Added "Saul, W.G. 1975. An ecological study of fishes at a site in upper Amazonian Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 27(12):93-134.", to the bibliography page.

Thursday, April 14, 2011:

-Added species profile of Ituglanis laticeps. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added Trichomycterus taenia to species list and added species profile. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Removed Trichomycterus banneaui from species list because this species is presently listed as occurring only in Colombia (Fishbase, 2011; Eschmeyer & Fricke, 2011).
-Added "Ortega, H; M. Hidalgo, E. Correa, J. Espino, L. Chocano, G. Trevejo, V. Meza, A. M. Cortijo, and R. Quispe. 2011. Lista anotada de los peces de aguas continentales del Peru: Estado actual del conocimiento, distribucion, usos y aspectos de conservacion. Ministerio del Ambiente, Direccion General de Diversidad Biologica - Museo de Historia Natural, UNMSM. 48 paginas." to the bibliography page.

Friday, April 8, 2011:

-Added species profile of Gobioides peruanus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Eleotris picta. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Awaous transandeanus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added: "Barriga, R. 1989. Peces de la Reserva Etnica y Forestal AWA, Ecuador Noroccidental. Politecnica Nacional 14(2). Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.", to the bibliography page.

Sunday, April 3, 2011:

-Added picture of Potamarius henni to species profile. Thanks to Ronald Navarrete for this contribution.
-Added "Schindler, I. & R. Morgenstern. 2010. Anmerkungen zur taxonomie der Andinoacara-Arten DCG- Informationen 41 (5): 114-124.", to bibliography page.
-Added "Kullander S. 2003. Family Cichlidae (Cichlids). Pp 605-654 in Reis R. E., S. O. Kullander y C. J. Ferraris Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. Ediprucs. Porto Alegre, Brasil. 729 p.", to bibliography page.
-Added "Alvarado, S. 2009. Determinación de los caracteres sexuales secundarios en la morfología externa de la vieja roja (Cichlasoma festae). Universidad de Guayaquil. 1-8 p.", to bibliography page.
-Added "Cadena, M. 1982. Contenido estomacal del chame Dormitator latifrons (Richardson) provincia de Manabi-Ecuador. Revista de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesca (Guayaquil-Ecuador) 1(2): 219-229.", to bibliography page.
-Added species profile of Andinoacara rivulatus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Cichlasoma festae. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Dormtitator latifrons. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Gobiomorus maculatus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.

Friday, April 1, 2011:

-Removed Brycon acutus from the species list because it is presently considered a synonym of Brycon alburnus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for these contribution.
-Added Saccodon terminalis to the species list. Thanks for Enrique Laaz for noting its absence.

Saturday, March 26, 2011:

-Added species profile of Brycon dentex. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Brycon alburnus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Brycon atrocaudatus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Astyanax festae. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Isorineloricaria spinosissima. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Microglanis variegatus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added "Maldonado et al. 2005. Peces de los Andes de Colombia. Instituto de Investigaciones Alexander Von Humboldt Bogota-Colombia, 346 p.", to the bibliography web page.
-Added "Vari R., C. Ferraris, & M. De Pinna. 2005. The Neotropical whale catfishes (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae), a revisionary study. Neotropical Ichthyology, 3(2):127-238.", to the bibliography web page.

Sunday, March 20, 2011:

-Added picture of Gobiomorus maculatus to species list.
-Added species profile of Pimelodella modestus. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Pimelodella elongata. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Paracetopsis bleekeri. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Potamarius henni. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.

Saturday, March 19, 2011:

-Added species profile of Rhamdia quelen. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile for Iotabrycon praecox to species list.
-Parodon ecuadoriensis was removed from the species list. It is presently considered a synonym of Saccodon wagneri. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for pointing this out.
-Added picture of Gobioides peruanus to species list. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for providing the picture.
-Added picture of Awaous transandeanus to species list. Thanks to Enrique Laaz for providing the picture.
-Added "Florencio, A. 1993. Estudio bioecologico de la Laguna Abras de Mantequilla, Vinces-Ecuador. Revista de Ciencias Marinas y Limnologia 3: 171-192" to the bibliography web page.
-Added "Cadena, M. 1981. Estudio preliminar de la relacion longitud-peso y etapas de madurez gonadal del bocachico (Ichthyoelephas humeralis). Revista de Ciencias Marinas y Limnologia 1(1):83-86" to the bibliography web page.
-Added "Prado, M. 2009. Aspectos biologicos y pesqueros de los principales peces de aguas continentales de la provincia de Los Ríos durante julio de 2009. Boletín Instiuto Nacional de Pesca (Ecuador). No 5: 11-13" to the bibliography web page.
-Added "Revelo, W. 2010. Aspectos biologicos y pesqueros de los principales peces de aguas continentales de la provincia de Los Rios durante junio de 2010. Proceso de investigación de recursos bioacuaticos y ambiente. Instituto Nacional de Pesca, Guayaquil-Ecuador" to the bibliography web page.

Monday, March 14, 2011:

-Added picture of Pseudocurimata boulengeri to species page. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for providing the picture.
-Added picture of Cynoscion albus to species page.
-Added species profile of Leporinus ecuadorensis. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Ichthyoelephas humeralis. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Pseudocurimata boulengeri. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for this contribution.
-Added species profile of Pseudocurimata troschelii. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for this contribution.
-Added "Ovchynnyk, M. 1971. Freshwater fishes of Ecuador and perspectives for development of fish cultivation. Monograph Series No. 1, Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University, USA.", to the bibliography web page.

Friday, March 11, 2011:

-Added Sternopygus arenatus to species page. Thanks to Ronald Navarrete and Daniel Laaz for pointing out its absence.
-Added picture of Gymnotus esmeraldas to species page. Thanks to Ronald Navarrete for providing the picture.
-Added picture of Oreochromis sp. to species page. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for providing the picture.
-Changed Piabucina aureoguttata to Lebiasina aureoguttata. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for pointing this out.
-Changed Piabucina astrigata to Lebiasina astrigata. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for pointing this out.
-Changed Aequidens rivulatus to Andinoacara rivulatus. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for pointing this out.
-Changed Aequidens coeruleopunctatus to Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for pointing this out.
-Changed Aequidens sapayensis to Andinoacara sapayensis. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for pointing this out.
-Added Potamarius henni to species list. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for suggesting that it be added.

Sunday, March 6, 2011:

-Created species profile for Hoplias malabaricus.
-Created species profile for Lebiasina bimaculata.
-Updated Hoplias microlepis species profile.
-Added "Isbrücker I. J. H. 1980. Classification and catalogue of the mailed Loricariidae (Pisces, Siluriformes). Verslagen en technische Gegevens, Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoölogie. (Zoologisch Museum), Universiteit van Ámsterdam.", to the bibliography page. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for the suggestion.

Friday, February 25, 2011:

-Added "Reis, R.E., S.E. Kullander, C.J. Ferraris, Jr. 2003. Checklist of the freshwater fishes of South and Central America. Edipucrs. Porto Alegre, Brasil. 729 pp.", to the bibliography page.
-Added "Eigenmann, C.H. 1916. On Apareiodon, a new genus of characid fishes. Annals of of the Carnegie Museum 10:71-76.", to the bibliography page.
-Added "Howes, G. 1982. Review of the genus Brycon (Teleostei: Characoidei). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 43:1-47.", to the bibliography page.
-Added "Hoorn, C., F.P. Wesselingh, H. ter Steege, and 15 other authors. 2010. Amazonia through time: Andean uplift, climate change, landscape evolution, and biodiversity. Science 330:927-931.", to the bibliography page.
-Added "Ortega, H., and R.P. Vari. 1986. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Peru. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 437, Smithsonian Institution Press, City of Washington, 25 pp.", to the bibliography page.
-Added "Bussing, W. 2002. Peces de las aguas continentales de Costa Rica. Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica. 468 pp." to the bibliography page.
-Added "Jimenez, P. J., and J. J. Alava. 2009. Infeccion por Gnathostoma (Spirurida: Gnathostomatidae) en Hoplias microlepis: prevalencia, correlacion con la talla del pez, huespedes e implicaciones para salud publica en Ecuador. Biomedica 29:591-603.", to the bibliography page.
-Added "Gunther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455", to the bibliography page.
-Added pictures of Eleotris picta and Piabucina auregutatta to the species web pages. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for the contributions.
-Changed the family designations of the genera Pimelodella and Rhamdia from Pimelodelidae to Heptapteridae. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for pointing this out.
-Changed the family designation of the genus Pseudopimelodus from Pimelodelidae to Pseudopimelodidae.
-Added Pimelodella elongata to species list. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for pointing out its absence.
-Added Gobioides peruanus to species list. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for pointing out its absence.
-Added Ctenogobius sagittula (Gobiidae), Cynoscion albus (Sciaenidae), and Centropomus spp. (Centropomidae) to species list.
-Added a draft of the species profile for Hoplias microlepis.

Friday, February 18, 2011:

-A link to Ronald Navarrete's personal web page has been added to the People page.
-Added "Albert, J.S., and W.G.R. Crampton. 2003. Seven new species of the Neotropical electric fish Gymnotus (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes) with a redescription of G. carapo (Linnaeus). Zootaxa 287:1-54." to the bibliography page.
-Added "Eigenmann, C.H., A Henn, and C. Wilson. 1914. New fishes from Western Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Indiana University Studies 19:1-15." to the bibliography page.
-Added Gymnotus esmeraldas to species list. Thanks to Ronald Navarrete for pointing out that it was missing.
-Corrected typos in the names of Achirus klunzingeri, Leporinus ecuadorensis, and Pseudocurimata troschelii. Thanks to Daniel Laaz for pointing these out.
-Added picture of female/juvenile to Rhoadsia altipinna species profile.
-Added the species profile for Rhoadsia minor.
-A disclaimer noting that the page is under construction and should be used with caution has been added to the "Home" page and "The Fishes" page.

Friday, February 11, 2011:

-The News & Updates page has been created.
-The links page has been updates and a typo with the family designation for Microglanis variegatus has been corrected. Thanks to Felix Man Ging for noting the errors.
-Posted draft of first species profile, Rhoadsia altipinna